Blown Away (1994)
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
- Stephen Hopkins
- Josh McLaglen
- Joe Batteer
- John Rice
- John Rice
- Joe Batteer
- Jay Roach
Rating: 6.2/10 by 540 users
Alternative Title:
Eksplozja - PL
Подрывники - RU
Billets pour l'enfer - CA
Contagem Regressiva - BR
Blown Away (Volar por los aires) - ES
Blown.Away - US
Explosiv - DE
零点爆破 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Gaeilge
Runtime: 02 hour 01 minutes
Budget: $28,000,000
Revenue: $30,156,002
Plot Keyword: concert, computer, boston, massachusetts, fireworks, orchestra, anarchist, flashback, revenge, terrorism, wedding, explosion, roulette wheel, capsized ship, belfast, north ireland, bomb planting, headphones, bomb attack, action hero, blast, human bomb
A really rather derivative action thriller held together by a couple of decent, though entirely predictable, performances from Jeff Bridges and a rather off-form Tommy Lee Jones, The latter is an Irish bomber who has escaped from prison bent on revenging himself on Bridges - a Boston bomb disposal expert. It's got all the usual convoluted ploys as people around the target start to get bumped off, the family get threatened and we have a denouement straight from the ABC book of action thrillers. Lloyd Bridges and Forest Whitaker co-star, and this is a perfectly watchable thriller - a bit light on intrigue and thrills, but pacily directed with enough action to just about keep it going - though it could lose twenty minutes, or so.
